- 6 Main themes and how they relate to PA (5 Themes of Geography; Native Americans; Colonial/ Revolutionary Period; Transportation/ Westward Movement; Early 1800s to the present and Government) 

-  Project based learning that is centered around essential questions. Encourages inquiry in the learning process. (Students are not just given information, they discover and learn for themselves.) 

- Strategies for reading non-fiction text are taught.
Study Skills will be taught and gradually the support will be scaffolded out. (vocabulary building strategies, note taking, graphic organizers, time management)

- Assessment: independent classwork (exit slips, notebook activities), quizzes/projects (independent & mostly done in school), tests and group work activities

Concepts in Social Studies this week: 1/20-1/24

The children will learn about how human resources in PA influence our state's economy.  They will be able to give examples of industrial jobs and service jobs and how these jobs impact our economy.


Homework:

Play Gimkit to review. A link can be found on my google classroom page.